Senior System Software Engineer Autonomous Vehicles CUDA

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Platform in Santa Clara, CA. You will design and optimize software architectures and write high-performance C++ code with CUDA, focusing on sensor drivers, data streaming, and vehicle interfaces.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in multithreaded/distributed apps, Linux/RTOS background, and experience with cameras, LiDAR, GPS, and OpenGL. Equity and benefits accompany a competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Excellent C and C++ programming skills.
• 8+ years of proven experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications.
• Strong knowledge of parallel and distributed architectures.
• Background on Linux, Android, and/or other real-time operating systems.
• Experience with sensors such as cameras, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonics, IMU, GPS.
• Experience with vehicle control interfaces.
• Thrive on writing low latency, highly performant code.
• Great communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize software architectures and frameworks for real-world performance.
• Develop high-efficiency product code in C++ using CUDA for GPGPU parallelism.
• Collaborate with vendors on the design and integration of sensors.
• Build sensor drivers, plug-ins, and core data processing components.
• Create highly optimized tools for sensor data recording, playback, and visualization.
• Partner with control and vehicle teams to build self-driving interfaces.
• Perform in-vehicle testing, collect field data, and analyze data integrity.
• Support comprehensive data collection campaigns across the autonomous vehicle program.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Multithreaded systems

Linux RTOS

Sensor interfaces

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE or related

Tools

CUDA

OpenCL

Git

CMake

OpenGL

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Platform in Santa Clara, CA. You will design and optimize software architectures and write high-performance C++ code with CUDA, focusing on sensor drivers, data streaming, and vehicle interfaces.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in multithreaded/distributed apps, Linux/RTOS background, and experience with cameras, LiDAR, GPS, and OpenGL. Equity and benefits accompany a competitive base salary.